Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
KS Raut, SM Dhadge, PP Pawar and DP Mohite

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted on “Effect of integrated nutrient management in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)” at Post Graduate Research Farm, college of Agriculture, Dhule (Maharashtra) during rabi season 2021-22. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The nine treatments included T₁ -Absolute Control (No any fertilizer), T₂ -100% RDF (25:50:30 N : P₂O₅ : K₂O kg ha^-1), T₃ - 100% RDF + FYM 5 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium+ PSB, T₄ -75% RDF + FYM 1.25 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB, T₅ - 75% RDF + Vermicompost 0.75 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB, T₆ -75% RDF + Neem cake 125 kg ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB, T₇ -50% RDF + FYM 2.5 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB, T₈ - 50% RDF + Vermicompost 1.5 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB, T₉ - 50% RDF + Neem cake 250 kg ha^-1 + Rhizobium + PSB. Among the different integrated nutrient management treatments, 100% RDF + FYM 5 tonne ha^-1 + Rhizobium+ PSB (T₃) recorded significantly higher almost all growth characters viz., plant height, plant spread, number of branches, dry matter plant^-1, yield attributes, yield, gross monetary returns and net monetary returns than other integrated nutrient management treatments.